IT Support Contracts in the North of England

IT Support
England > North of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the North of England is £178, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 128 152
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 -23
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 36 67 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.92% 1.39% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.49% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 38 64
10th Percentile £125 £140 £117
25th Percentile £129 £151 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £180 £175
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £229 £217 £238
90th Percentile £311 £258 £331
England median daily rate £193 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 18
10th Percentile £15.63 £13.90 £11.63
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.48 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -9.09% +24.84%
75th Percentile £21.50 £19.88 £20.00
90th Percentile - £22.25 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,603 4,486 6,955
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 93.09% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,960 3,031 4,997
10th Percentile £250 £263 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £650 £672 £675
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 212 220
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.75 £10.19
25th Percentile £18.02 £17.72 £14.85
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +39.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £40.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £46.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% +50.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 November 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +7 16 £173 -9.21% 32
North West +3 15 £170 -2.86% 56
North East -11 5 £195 +30.00% 12
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 November 2024, IT Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 24 (66.67%) Windows
2 22 (61.11%) Active Directory
3 19 (52.78%) Customer Service
4 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 13 (36.11%) Windows 10
6 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
10 6 (16.67%) VPN
10 6 (16.67%) DNS
11 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (11.11%) ITIL
12 4 (11.11%) Service Management
12 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
13 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
13 3 (8.33%) Azure
13 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (8.33%) F5
13 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
13 3 (8.33%) ITSM
13 3 (8.33%) Finance
13 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
13 3 (8.33%) Games
13 3 (8.33%) DHCP
13 3 (8.33%) Cisco
14 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
14 2 (5.56%) SAP
14 2 (5.56%) Law

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.33%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 6 (16.67%) DNS
2 6 (16.67%) VPN
3 3 (8.33%) DHCP
4 2 (5.56%) Firewall
4 2 (5.56%) VLAN
4 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.78%) HTTP
5 1 (2.78%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.78%) IPsec
5 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.78%) SNMP
5 1 (2.78%) SSH
5 1 (2.78%) WebEx
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Games
3 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (2.78%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) German Language
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) LDAP
1 1 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.78%) AS400
2 1 (2.78%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.78%) BYOD
2 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.78%) iPad
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (66.67%) Windows
2 13 (36.11%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.78%) Android
5 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.78%) Linux
5 1 (2.78%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Customer Service
2 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (11.11%) ITIL
3 4 (11.11%) Service Management
4 3 (8.33%) ITSM
5 2 (5.56%) Agile
5 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
5 2 (5.56%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.78%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (2.78%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (2.78%) Data Security
6 1 (2.78%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) IT Strategy
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 1 (2.78%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (2.78%) Programme Management
6 1 (2.78%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.78%) Storage Management
6 1 (2.78%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.78%) SCCM
2 1 (2.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Cisco
2 3 (8.33%) F5
3 2 (5.56%) Meraki
3 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) Bomgar
4 1 (2.78%) Citrix
4 1 (2.78%) Dell